"Peintres Haitiens" by Gerald Alexis , 2000, Editions Cercle d'Art, Paris 12"x10" Soft Cover English Version

This is a unique Haitian art book reference! It contains 304 Pages with more than 310 pictures of art in colors! This book offers a new approach since its author, Gérald Alexis, with a university degree from Texas University ( Austin), is considered a specialist in Caribbean and Latino-American Art. He focuses mainly on the art of Haiti, of which he is regarded as an internationally renowned authority. He considers four major categories reflecting a diversity of expressions: Portraits and Historical Paintings, Nature and Daily Life, Voodoo, Rhythm and Structure, and Figure Abstraction. Biological notices enhanced by portraits of the artists, notes, an index, and an exhaustive bibliography will complete this reference book, illustrated by more than 300 color reproductions.Without denying the notion of "miracle," Gérald Alexis is concerned with emphasizing the links between Haitian paintings, history, artistic, and cultural traditions, which explain this remarkable development in the yea